Education

Enrolment in private schools has risen by 103% over the last decade, at an average annual growth rate of 6.2%, while adding 17,981 students between the 2011 and 2012 school years alone, according to the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), a local government institution tasked with regulating Dubai’s private education system....

Dubai has built a unique education system to fit its population’s needs by harnessing the capacity of the private sector, while also continuing to develop a more sophisticated regulatory framework to ensure every school is delivering quality education.

There was a time not long ago when a significant number of students living in Dubai would consider only a handful of universities within the emirate, while for the most part looking abroad for higher education. Now, however, Dubai is home to dozens of branch campuses of foreign universities and the emirate has quickly turned itself into an...

Major investments in schools and universities have highlighted Oman’s commitment to revamping its education system according to the needs of a diversified, knowledge-based economy. The government has spearheaded initiatives targeting higher education, vocational programmes and research facilities. As part of Oman’s eighth five-year plan (2011-15...

With a total allocation of OR1.34bn ($3.47bn) in the 2013 budget, representing a 16% boost in funding as compared to 2012, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has ambitious plans for education infrastructure development. The 2013 budget included funding for 28 new schools, and plans for a new public university have also been announced. The...

While the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has won much public acclaim for engineering a transformation of the education system, the sheer speed and scope of change taking place has caused concerns among some observers. If cleared, further budget increases in education are planned in 2014. A total of P44.6bn ($1.07bn) will fund the...